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Obituary of Harry B. Tappen, a Trustee of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, World War I veteran, and long-time Supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay, New York. The obituary stresses the important role he played in the restoration and preservation of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
Advertisement and order form for eight films about the life and work of Theodore Roosevelt produced by the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and Agape Productions, Inc. The titles of the films, a brief description of their contents and running times are listed. The films could be either purchased or rented as 16mm films or video cassette tapes. A photograph of the Roosevelt family accompanies the first page of the advertisement.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
This notice provides a history of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) from its beginnings in 1919 as the Roosevelt Memorial Association. It highlights the TRA’s efforts to preserve Theodore Roosevelt’s homes, its support of the Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, the sponsorship of public speaking and essay contests, and its funding of research grants awarded by the American Museum of Natural History. It closes by describing the many publications about Roosevelt that the TRA has sponsored, including, since 1975, the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
Notice about two Theodore Roosevelt documentaries that aired on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) stations in 1973 and 1975, and which are available for purchase and distribution. “He Who Has Planted Will Preserve” focuses on Roosevelt the naturalist and conservationist, and is available for sale on video cassette. “A Man for All Times” looks at Roosevelt more generally, including interviews from those who knew him or studied him, and will be made available for broadcast on other television stations after originally airing on WLIW on Long Island, New York.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) John A. Gable provides an update on the various projects undertaken by the TRA in 1976 with an emphasis on the expansion of the Theodore Roosevelt holdings at Harvard University. He notes the establishment there of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial, and he gives an update on the revitalization project underway in the neighborhood surrounding the Theodore Roosevelt National Historic Site in New York City. Gable promotes the reissue of Roosevelt’s biography of Gouverneur Morris, and he lists the various clubs and organizations he spoke to in his role as Executive Director of the TRA. He notes the receipt of four letters from Roosevelt to William T. Hornaday which the TRA has added to the Harvard University Roosevelt Collection.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
Report on the 57th annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) on October 29, 1976 at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Oyster Bay, New York. The article details the events of the meeting which center around the Trustees Dinner followed by the various reports given by the officers of the TRA including the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Executive Director. Highlights of the reports include an update on the revitalization effort surrounding the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City, the state of the TRA’s finances, and the work of the Executive Director in answering inquiries to the TRA. Historian Frederick W. Marks addressed the guests as did representatives of the National Park Service. Dorothy Horton McGee was honored for her work as a historian of Oyster Bay, Long Island.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1977
This notice, a regular feature of each issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal, notes the role the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) played in the preservation of Theodore Roosevelt’s homes and Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C. and its cooperation with the National Park Service. It notes the TRA’s work with Harvard University, its student contests, and its publications, including the TRA Journal.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1977
This article looks at one of the paintings found in Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s home near Oyster Bay, New York. Most of the piece consists of a condensed article reprinted from the New Orleans Times-Picayune by George E. Jordan, an expert on Louisiana art. Jordan relates how he realized that a painting hanging in Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s drawing room was the work of Louisiana artist Alexander John Drysdale. Jordan describes his visit to Sagamore Hill and how he came to identify the painting.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1977
Reprint of an article that originally appeared in Ms. Magazine in August 1976. Author Harriet Shapiro interviewed Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter Ethel Roosevelt Derby at her home in Oyster Bay, New York. Much of the piece is devoted to Ethel’s memories of life with her family at their family home Sagamore Hill. She relates how her parents, Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, dealt with the children, and she notes how the Roosevelt siblings paired off, and she talks of her relationship with her older sister Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
A familiar picture of the assembled Roosevelt family and a close-up of Ethel Roosevelt Derby accompany the article.
History of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) that highlights the role the TRA played in preserving Theodore Roosevelt’s homes in New York City and Oyster Bay, New York along with Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C. The TRA later transferred all of these historic sites to the National Park Service. The article covers the TRA’s work with Harvard University and the Library of Congress in collecting and preserving papers, books, and film on Roosevelt, and it covers the Association’s support of natural history grants awarded by the American Museum of Natural History. The past Presidents and Directors of the TRA are listed, and aspects of the TRA’s governance and finance are noted.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1977
John A. Gable describes in detail the life and work of Hermann Hagedorn, historian, biographer, and long-time Director of the Roosevelt Memorial Association and its successor, the Theodore Roosevelt Association. Gable covers Hagedorn’s life as a child of German immigrants in Brooklyn, New York, his education and teaching at Harvard, and his early career as a writer and poet. He notes Hagedorn’s difficulties as a German-American during World War I and the start of his friendship with Theodore Roosevelt that would define his career. Gable traces Hagedorn’s leadership of the Roosevelt Memorial Association over nearly four decades, discusses his many publications on Roosevelt, and looks at his other writings, including a number of biographies and many works of poetry.
Two photographs accompany this article. One is a formal portrait of Hagedorn and the other shows Hagedorn with President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the dedication of Sagamore Hill in June 1953.
This issue of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal very much reflects the late 1970s in which it was published (in this specific case, 1976). The issue contains five articles that note the Theodore Roosevelt Association’s (TRA) production and distribution of eight documentary video cassette tapes that feature historic footage of Theodore Roosevelt formerly available only on old reel film. Much space in this issue is also devoted to the TRA’s efforts (along with other government entities) to undertake an urban renewal revitalization project in the neighborhood of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in New York City. The issue also notes the politics of the time as it features remarks made in the House of Representatives in October 1967 by Michigan Congressman Gerald R. Ford who became President of the United States in August 1975 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
The cover photograph of this issue shows Old Orchard, the home of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the eldest son of President Roosevelt, on the grounds of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Oyster Bay, New York.
The fifty-sixth annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) recently took place at the Sagamore Hill National Historic Site on October 27, 1975. The article notes some of the attendees and describes in detail the reports given by the leadership of the TRA, including those of the Executive Director, President, Vice-President and Treasurer. Topics covered in these reports include the plan to revitalize the East Twentieth Street neighborhood where the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace is located, the reissue of Roosevelt’s biography of Gouverneur Morris, the production of video cassette tapes and films documenting various aspects of Roosevelt’s life and work, and an announcement of the winner of the first TRA Essay Prize contest. Executive Director Gable notes the increase in both membership and contribution to the TRA since 1974.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
This essay summarizes the contents of an October 1975 article in Ski magazine that asserted that Theodore Roosevelt was likely the first president “who enjoyed the sport of skiing.” The essay says that Roosevelt may have skied in the Badlands of Dakota, Washington, D.C., and at Sagamore Hill, and that he was encouraged to ski by his friend Sir Cecil Spring Rice.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
Description of the ceremonies marking the 200 year anniversary of the founding of the United States Navy and Marine Corps at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site on October 5, 1975. The notice highlights the order of the program, the speakers, and the musical entertainment. It also notes Theodore Roosevelt’s service to the United States Navy.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
The fifty-fifth annual meeting of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) was held on October 27, 1974, at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. In its description of the proceedings, this article notes some of the guests and highlights reports given by John A. Gable and P. James Roosevelt of the TRA as well as the work of the Nominating Committee. Additionally of note was a slide show presented on Bulloch Hall, the childhood home of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s mother.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1975
P. James Roosevelt, President of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA), provides a detailed look at the activities of the TRA during 1974, noting the significant financial donations the TRA made to various entities such as the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University, the Youngs Memorial Cemetery in Oyster Bay, New York where Theodore Roosevelt is buried, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He highlights the hiring of John A. Gable to serve as the Executive Director of the TRA. Several of the initiatives noted here are described in some detail in brief notices in the rest of the issue. This piece also includes a listing of the leadership of the TRA.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1975
Stewart L. Woodford relays a letter he received from Japanese Consul-General Kōkichi Mizuno regarding Admiral Heihachirō Tōgō’s anticipation of lunching with Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt had previously invited Tōgō to visit him at the White House, but Tōgō was prevented from doing so because of his duties as Chief of Naval Staff. He hopes to finally be able to have the honor of visiting Roosevelt, and Woodford hopes that Roosevelt will be able to make one of the suggested times work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-06
Theodore Roosevelt sits at his desk, writing an editorial for the Outlook before being disturbed by the sounds of naval gunfire. Hearing the ships, he rushes out of the house and rows into Oyster Bay in the midst of the warships to observe the maneuvers from close range, where he is greeted by sailors.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-22
Noah Seaman, superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt’s home at Sagamore Hill, recently died.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-19